When Joe Rogan, a champion of misinformation who likes to give some of the most braindead conspiracy nuts a platform, happens to be right, he is right.
Meta-formerly- Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg sat down with Rogan to talk. When the privacy implications of the company's hardware came up, Rogan was able to undermine the arguments of the person making them.
"We designed it to have a light on it, which is actually a pretty important part of this," he said when Rogan asked if Facebook's Ray-Ban- branded Stories smart glasses bring "about any privacy concerns."
Rogan pointed out that the small light next to the smart glasses' camera is meant to alert other people in public spaces that someone is recording them.
Is it possible to put a piece of tape over the light? Rogan wanted to know if there was a tiny design flaw that could affect privacy.
He didn't seem to have much of a counter argument.
He said he thought you could in theory.
Judgement was instantaneous on the internet.
Joe Rogan defeated Mark Zuckerberg's billion dollar privacy investment in less than 10 seconds.
The sunglasses with a built-in camera were released by Facebook in September, but they didn't sell very well.
There couldn't have been a worse brand behind them, that's what the media reaction was. Privacy scandals and personal data leaks have made Facebook synonymous with them.
Rogan isn't the only one to point out the simple solution. The privacy debate started after the smart glasses were released. At the time, Facebook argued that taping over the light would be a violation of the terms of service, according to a report.
There wouldn't be any real world implications if the light was tampered with.
What's the kicker? It has been known for a long time that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg tapes over his computer'sWebcam.
The glasses have a camera on them.
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